| Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
|---|---|---|
| God name "Condatis" | Celtic / British | River god. Northern British deity with stone votive inscriptions located in County Durham.... |
| Goddess name "Coyolxauhqui (golden bells)" | Aztec / Mesoamerican / Mexico | Astral goddess. A deification and incarnation (avatara) of the moon. According to tradition she is the half-sister of the Sun god HUITZILOPOCHTLI. The god sprang, fully armed, from his decapitated mother, COATLICUE, and engaged all his enemies who, by inference, are the 400 astral gods, his half-brothers. He slew his sister and hurled her from the top of a mountain. Alternative tradition suggests his sister was an ally whom he was unable to save, so he decapitated her and threw her head into the sky, where she became the moon. She was represented in the Great Temple at Tenochtitlan, where she was depicted in front of successive Huitzilopochtli pyramids. She is also a hearth deity within the group clåśśed as the XIUHTECUHTLI complex.... |
"Cratos" | Greek | The personification of strength, described as a son of Uråñuś and Ge. Greek |
| Goddess name "Cunda" | Buddhist / Tibet | Goddess considered a deification of literature. Buddhist / Tibet |
| Goddess name "Cunda" | Buddhist / eastern Bengal / Tibet | Goddess. An emanation of Vajrasattva or Vairocana. A female BODHISATTVA or buddha-designate. Also seen separately as a deification of literature, one of a group of twelve DHARANIS. She may stand upon a man. Color: white or green. Very large variety of attributes. Also Aryacunda.... |
"Cupido" | Greece | Like Amor and Voluptas, a modification of the Greek Eros, whose worship was carried to Rome from Greece. |
"Cura" | Roman | The personification of Care. Roman |
| Goddess name "Cybele" | Phrygian | A deification of the earth Mother. Like Gaia (the "Earth") or her Minoan equivalent Rhea, Cybele embodies the fertile earth, a goddess of caverns and mountains, walls and fortresses, nature, wild animals, especially lions and bees. Phrygian |
| God name "Dagan (1)" | Mesopotamian / Babylonian - Akkadian | Grain and fertility god. Generally linked with ANU in giving status to cities e.g. the dedications by the ninth-century BC Assyrian king Assur-nasir-apli at Kalakh. Cult centers existed at Tuttul and Terqa.... |
| Goddess name "Daphne" | Greek | Oracular goddess. A number of oracular shrines were dedicated to her in various places in Asia Minor, including Antiocheia, Mopsuestia (Cilicia), Sura and Patara (Lycia), Telmessos (Caria). Represented by the laurel Dapbne she is linked with the Dapbnepboria festivals honoring APOLLO. Tradition has it that she was changed into the laurel to avoid sexual submission to the god.... |
| Demon name "Darawigal" | Australian aboriginal | Personification of evil. This demonic deity stands opposed to BAIAME, the creator spirit who represents good in the world. He is generally recognized as an offspring of Baiame who once lived in the sky but fell from grace during the Dreamtime and was sent to the underworld as its ruler. From there he now dispenses death and sickness.... |
| Goddess name "Decima" | Roman | Goddess of birth who watches over the pregnancy, one of the Parcae, the personifications of destiny. Roman |
"Deima" | Greek | The personification of fear. She was represented in the form of a fearful woman on the tomb of Medeia's children at Corinth. Greek |
| Deities name "Deva (the god)" | Hindu / Vedic / Puranic | Generic name of a god. Originally, in the Rg Veda, thirty or thirty-three devas are indicated, divided into three groups of eleven. In later Hinduism, the term deva is generally applied to deities not included in the chief triad of BRAHMA, VISNU and SIVA.... |
"Devil's Advocate" | Christian | In the Catholic Church when a name is suggested for canonisation, some person is appointed to oppose the proposition, and is expected to give reasons why it should not take place. This person is technically called Advocatus Diaboli. Having said his say, the conclave decides the question. |
| God name "Dewden aka Dedun" | Nubian | A Nubian god worshipped since at least 2400BC. There is much uncertainty about his original nature, especially since he was depicted as a lion, but the earliest known information indicates that he had become a god of incense. |
| Goddess name "Dharani (earth)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | (1) Goddess. Consort of PARASURAMA and an avatara of the goddess LAKSMI.(2) Collective name for a group of deities. Buddhist. Twelve personifications of a particular kind of short mystical religious text used as a charm. Also dharini.... |
| Goddess name "Dhumavati (smoky)" | Hindu / Epic / Puranic | Goddess. One of a group of ten MAHAVIDYAS personifying the SAKTI of S IVA. Aspects include Darunaratri (night of frustration), who is also regarded as one of the personifications of the goddess Sakti.... |
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